Laurence Geai Photojournalist

Immersion avec la force anti terroriste Barkhane

Ce reportage a été réalisé pour le journal Le Monde, en avril 2019 à Gossi (Mali) et aux alentours.

Ils sont 4500 soldats à être déployés au Sahel pour lutter contre le terrorisme. Cette force créée en août 2014 pour traquer les djihadistes au Sahel fait suite à l’opération Serval qui a permis de stopper l’avancée vers Bamako, la capitale, d’une coalition de groupes armés indépendantistes et djihadistes.

A Gossi, bourgade de 20000 habitants du Nord Mali, cela fait quelques semaines que 220 militaires se sont installés dans un camp, construit de toutes pièces, aux conditions rustiques. Sous une chaleur écrasante, les soldats travaillent ici chaque jour: mission de reconnaissance, ratissage ou encore actions civilos- militaires.

Entre débrouillardise, résilience, endurance, et camaraderie, reportage sur le quotidien des militaires français au Sahel.

Embedded with the anti-terrorist force Barkhane
This report was produced for the newspaper Le Monde, in April 2019 in Gossi (Mali) and its surroundings.
There are 4500 soldiers in the Sahel to fight against terrorism. This force was created in August 2014 to track down the jihadists in Sahel and continued Operation Serval, which helped to stop the advance of the coalition of pro-independence and jihadist groups of operations, to Bamako.
In Gossi, a village of 20000 inhabitants of northern Mali, it has been a few weeks since 220 soldiers are living in a camp, made from scratch, with rustic conditions. Under a hot sun: mission of reconnaissance, raking or civil-military actions.
Between resourcefulness, resilience, endurance, camaraderie, daily reporting of the French military in the Sahel.

Laurence Geai / Photojournalist

Laurence Geai Photojournalist

Laurence Geai is a self-taugh photojournalist since 2014. She is distributed by Sipa agency. She covers conflicts and their consequences. She also works in France, where she lives.